Review: This latest helping of goodness from Villager is a very enjoyable listen indeed, coming to us courtesy of the Pretty Weird imprint, focussing exquisite flavour across five vibrant originals. We open up with the eerie synth work and moody drum bounces of 'Oracle Eye', before 'Every Step Of The Way' gives us a chop of hard hitting old school garage drums. Next up, grizzly rolling subs and high energy percussion on 'Walk Away Now', followed by the highly energetic 2-steppy drum skips of 'Sculptor' and luscious soundscapes of 'Floating' giving us a soft landing to round off this very well arranged EP with some serious finesse.
Review: For his latest excursion on Tribal Italia, Dj Meo aka Daniele Mei takes a trip into cosmic sounds.
"Promise Of A Fisherman" is a mid-tempo groove, punctuated by hypnotic afro vocals and dense drums. "Needles" moves at a similar pace, with synth stabs underpinned by a robust, low-slung rhythm. "From Rimini To Monaco" sees Meo take influence from Italo and cosmic heritage in equal measure. The bass has a wonderfully squelchy sound, while cosmic pipes are melded with dreamy synth melodies. Rounding off this fine release is "Il Buliron". Featuring a wigged out vocal and a funk groove, it makes for an unexpected - but welcome - shift from Meo.
Review: Next up on Pretty Weird, we continue to explore exactly what it says on the tin as Villager brings forward a very peculiar collection of original soundscapes, kicking off with the droning synth textures and stuttered overlays of 'Siren Hymm', giving us a vibrant yet melancholy introduction. From here, the bubbling 2-stepper drums and crunchy rhythmic switches of 'Chlorophyll' provide a perfect bass for more unusual melodic inputs, followed by a more industrial run down in the blippy backdrops of 'Joint Resolution'. From here we dive into another glitchy display, this time taking a front facing UKG approach as 'In Town' combines sweet vocal textures with unusual percussive pops, before the aquatic bass squelches of title track 'Club Wonk' are let loose to play. Finally, the hardcore heads are in for a treat, as more skippy drums and unorthodox effects are glued together by a detuned synth stutter on 'Rave Bender', giving us an interesting closer to say the least!
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